Kyrgyzstan's 'Sex School' Breaks Through Taboos

It starts out like any gymnastics class: A teacher guides a roomful of women through stretching and breathing exercises. The yoga, ballet and tai chi moves train pelvic muscles, the stomach and legs. You only realize you are in a "sex class" when the egg-shaped stones appear. They are used for vaginal weightlifting, a Chinese technique for strengthening muscles and increasing sensitivity in the genital area. The goal is something rarely discussed in Kyrgyzstan: better sex.

The price of Urals crude oil, Russia's key export and the lynchpin of its government finances, fell below $100 this week for the first time in more than a year, after plummeting $15 in under a month.

Russia relies on hydrocarbon exports for 50 percent of its budget. Already squeezed by Western sanctions over Ukraine and balanced on the edge of recession, a sudden collapse in oil revenue looks like bad news for the economy.

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For the 2014 edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s liveability survey, 140 cities were evaluated across five broad categories: stability; healthcare; culture and environment; education; and infrastructure.

And again, the Aussie city of Melbourne topped the list, scoring a perfect 100 in categories like healthcare and education.

Fiji police are analyzing a video which appears to show fishermen being shot dead at sea by unknown gunmen. The 10-minute video - which was uploaded to YouTube by an unknown source - shows the men clinging to the remains of an upturned boat as shots are fired from what appears to be a commercial vessel.

The wife and two children of Pope Francis's nephew have been killed in a car crash in Argentina, officials say.His nephew, Emanuel Bergoglio, was badly hurt in the accident in the Cordoba area, north-east of the capital, Buenos Aires.

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Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad want to march into the city’s “red zone.”The heavily protected area is home to key government ministries and Western embassies and out of bounds to demonstrates.

The protesters accuse Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of coming to power in an election they consider tainted by massive fraud despite its validation by international observers.

Sanctions Russia has imposed on agricultural products from the European Union will cut Dutch exports by "at least 300 million euros" ($400 million), based on 2013 figures, Statistics Netherlands said Tuesday. The total value of food exports to Russia, including fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy products, was 500 million euros ($667 million) in 2013. Those exports generated 300 million euros ($400 million) for Dutch businesses, while 200 million euros ($267 million) went to service providers in neighboring countries, the bureau said.